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hoodyninja t1_j221qvc wrote

Reply to comment by Future-Spirit7874 in Sam Bankman-Fried to enter plea in FTX fraud case by hzj5790

They issue arrest warrants based on the quickest (in this case) and easiest offenses to prove. They could have arraigned him on a single count if they wanted to it doesn’t really matter. They are going to be slam dunk cases.

They can always add more charges if he doesn’t cooperate or plead quickly. I am actually really against plead deals in the US. But this is not an uncommon tactic. Basically hook your fish quickly and keep them in the hook with a seam dunk and then if the fish makes you “really work for it” while reeling him in, then you slap 5-10 additional charges on them. If he comes quietly and pleads to the original 2 plus a few smaller ones the prosecutor will likely agree to it.

TDLR: no they didn’t graduate during lockdown and clearly you have never been a prosecutor before.

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Future-Spirit7874 t1_j222olb wrote

I hope they do add more charges. He need to be in jail for life.

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hoodyninja t1_j224lf6 wrote

They probably will. They also have to protect their sources so don’t want to reveal anything in the indictments that would tip their hat to how much info they actually have.

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mikasjoman t1_j23cxzb wrote

He probably won't be in jail for life since that would take away any of the bargaining chips to cooperate and put the rest who participated in jail too. Including some possibly innocent

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elksteaksdmt t1_j22c013 wrote

Eh, it’s not like it’s murder

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Douchieus t1_j22rbqi wrote

I wouldn't be surprised if people ended their lives after losing life savings tied up in this scam. Billions of dollars gone.

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